Thursday, January 21, 2010

One acheivement in cartography of each:

John Paul Goode- created the Goode’s School Atlas which was later renamed Goode's World atlas and was published by Rand McNally in 1923.

Erwin Raisz- created a collection of hand-drawn maps while at the Institute of Geographical Exploration at Harvard University. His pen and ink methods were replacing photo-mechanical processes and scribing. In 1938, he published the first cartography text called General Cartography.

George Jenks-From 1886-1889 Jenks served as United States Solicitor General, during President Cleveland’s first term.

Waldo Tobler-Dr. Tobler was one of the main investigators and a Scientist who worked for the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis.He formulated the "first law of geography" in 1970 while working on a project, and is the first person to innovate unusual map projections.

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